Sickening / Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States / Anne Pollock / University of Minnesota Press / Softcover $21.95 (176pp) / 978-1-5179-1172-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / “Health is a capacious... Read More

The Pepperstorm / Tormenta de Pimienta / Rafael Ordoñez / Marisa Morea, illustrator / nubeOCHO / Hardcover $15.95 (44pp) / 978-841767380-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Crayon-like illustrations and a cool palette with spots... Read More

For all the pain and uncertainty of the past year, from week to week the interviews in Foreword This Week always seemed to offer a wonderful respite from the daily toil. As we do every year, we’re excited to offer you a carefully... Read More

Woodland Dreams / Karen Jameson / Marc Boutavant, illustrator / Chronicle Books / Hardcover $17.99 (32pp) / 978-1-4521-7063-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / In this lush bedtime story, a gentle girl in a blue anorak,... Read More

Earth Almanac / Ted Williams / Storey Publishing / Softcover $16.95 (256pp) / 978-1-63586-283-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / “Writing about experiences afield is a way of reliving them,” environmental reporter Ted... Read More

Crooked Hallelujah / Kelli Jo Ford / Grove Press / Hardcover $26.00 (304pp) / 978-0-8021-4912-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Three troubled but tough generations of women, all molded and wounded by the Pentecostal culture... Read More

To Make Room for the Sea / Adam Clay / Milkweed Editions / Softcover $16.00 (88pp) / 978-1-57131-497-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / In his fourth book of poetry, To Make Room for the Sea, Adam Clay notes, “The line between... Read More

And the Bride Closed the Door / Ronit Matalon / Jessica Cohen, translator / New Vessel Press / Softcover $15.95 (128pp) / 978-1-939931-75-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / A dark and comic family drama, Ronit Matalon’s And... Read More